Sweeney Todd: Spills and Thrills
27 July - 25 August
Indulge in dark sensations with Sweeney Todd: Spills and Thrills.
This thrilling ‘dinner and show’ experience kicks off a with a private tour of the Opera House’s most enigmatic spaces where we’ll spill the secrets and stories of the House. Then you’ll enjoy a delicious, goose-bump inducing three-course dinner with sides and paired wines, in one of the Opera House’s most intimate spaces.
From there, be transported to the deliciously dark world of the musical thriller Sweeney Todd, as you sit in the best seats to enjoy the gruesome story of a man who is living life by the razor’s edge.
This is an exclusive small group experience limited to only 20 people per evening.
Sweeney Todd: Spills and Thrills runs Thursday - Saturday throughout the season.
Date | Time |
Thursday, 27 July | 4.15pm |
Friday, 28 July | 4.15pm |
Saturday, 29 July | 4.15pm |
Thursday, 3 August | 4.15pm |
Friday, 4 August | 4.15pm |
Saturday, 5 August | 4.15pm |
Thursday, 10 August | 4.15pm |
Friday, 11 August | 4.15pm |
Saturday, 12 August | 4.15pm |
Thursday, 17 August | 4.15pm |
Friday, 18 August | 4.15pm |
Saturday, 19 August | 4.15pm |
Thursday, 24 August | 4.15pm |
Friday, 25 August | 4.15pm |
Premium Tickets |
Price |
Description |
---|---|---|
Paired wine package |
$360 |
Adults must be 18 years and over to enjoy the paired alcoholic wine option* |
Soft drink package |
$350 |
For ages 16+ |
*Must provide valid ID
Booking fee included.
EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:
- One Premium ticket to Sweeney Todd (best available).
- A ticket for a 1- hour guided Sydney Opera House Tour.
- A three-course dinner with entrée, main and dessert accompanied with sides and paired wines.
The experience begins at 4.15pm from The Lounge where you will be greeted by a member of the Sydney Opera House's Welcome Team before heading off on your private tour lead by our expert tour guide.
After exploring the House, your tour guide will lead you to our new private dining space where you'll enjoy a delicious three-course dinner with sides and paired wines. From there you will be escorted to the Drama Theatre to take your seats for Sweeney Todd.
Note this is an exclusive small group experience limited to only 20 people per evening.
Our Reservations team will be in contact to confirm your performance tickets, your menu preferences, any dietary requirements and the details for your 1-hour Sydney Opera House Tour.
Cancellation Policy
- No cancellation 30 days out of the performance date. Tickets may be exchanged - please contact the Reservations team at the Sydney Opera House. Cancellations must be provided by 5pm (local time). Beyond that time, we will charge the total price of the package. Non-arrival is equivalent to the total booked package price.
- Your booking is confirmed. Sydney Opera House reserves the right to amend your booking if a computer, website or system error results in the display or communication of an incorrect price or other incorrect details relating to your booking. We will advise you as soon as possible in the event of such an error.
- The booking fee is included in the package cost.
- Please see Sydney Opera House Trust ticket terms and conditions for cancellations or tickets exchange. Fees may apply.
Run time
The experience is approximately 5 hours.
- The Sydney Opera House Tour is 1 hour
- The three-course dinner is 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Duration of Sweeney Todd performance is 2 hours and 45 minutes including one interval
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age
Suitable for 16+
Location
Guests will meet their tour guide at The Lounge for a private tour of the Opera House, before being led into our newest intimate space for a Sweeney Todd inspired dinner.
The Lounge is located in the Main Box Office Foyer on level 1 of the Opera House.
ENTRÉE
Choose one:
Sweeney Todd Serial Killer
Liver parfait, raspberry jelly, pickles, croutes
Blood Red Tomato
Vine ripened tomato, Burrata, smashed fava beans, tomato, basil, chilli & balsamic (VG)
Paired with
Lorimer Chardonnay Pinot Noir NS
Plus & Minus Blanc de Blancs NV (non-alcoholic)
MAIN
Choose one:
Lambs to the Slaughter
Greek style cinnamon lamb shanks served with beetroot risotto & Persian feta
Cut Me Open
Root Vegetable Pithivier, butternut squash, beetroot, baby spinach, lentils & thyme (V)
Paired with
La Boheme "The Missing Act" Cab-Sauv-Sangiovese - Yarra Valley, VIC
Plus & Minus Shiraz (non-alcoholic)
BREAD
Black bread, whipped butter
SIDES
Victorian leaf salad
Cauliflower au Gratin
DESSERT
Mrs Lovett's spiced cherry and strawberry pie with boozy rum & raisin custard
*Please note menu items are subject to change depending on seasonality and availability.
Book Sweeney Todd: Thrills and Spills through the book now button on this page.
Our Reservations team will be in contact to confirm your performance tickets and collection, any dietary requirements such as a vegetarian option and details for your 1-hour Sydney Opera House Tour. If you can no longer attend, please get in touch with our Reservation team on 02 9250 7250 or tourism@sydneyoperahouse.com
A cut above the rest
Sit down to enjoy the twisted delights of a three-course Sweeney Todd inspired dinner, matched with paired wines in our newest intimate space. After dinner, you'll be accompanied to the Drama Theatre to see Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street from one of the best seats in the House.
Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award®-winning musical thriller, Sweeney Todd, stars Ben Mingay (Hacksaw Ridge, Pirates of Penzance, The Phantom of the Opera, Packed to the Rafters) and Antoinette Halloran (Mary and Max, Macbeth, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll), and is directed by celebrated Australian opera and musical theatre director Stuart Maunder AM. This is a musical theatre thriller you don’t want to miss.


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Other information
Venue information
Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars. Please remember to maintain physical distancing whilst consuming drinks in our foyers.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer consistent with COVID-safe rules.
Getting here
The Sydney Opera House Car Park, operated by Wilson Parking, is open and available to use. Wilson Parking offer discounted parking if you book ahead. Please see their website for details.
Please check the Transport NSW website for the latest advice and information on travel and COVID-19 safety measures. You can catch public transport (bus, train, ferry) to Circular Quay and enjoy a six min walk to the Opera House.
Covid-safe information
The health and wellbeing of everyone attending the Opera House is our top priority. We’re committed to making your experience safe, comfortable and enjoyable, with a number of measures in place including regular cleaning of high-touch areas, air conditioning systems that maximise ventilation, and hand sanitiser stations positioned in all paths of travel. We encourage you to wear a mask in indoor settings or when physical distancing can’t be maintained, and please stay home if you feel unwell. If you need to discuss your ticketing or booking options, contact our Box Office team on 02 9250 7777.
Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of everyone on site, and we are closely following NSW Health guidelines and advice. The Sydney Opera House is registered as a COVID Safe business with the NSW Government. For detailed information about our COVID-19 safety measures and what’s required of you when visiting, please see our plan your visit page.
Face masks are strongly recommended for all patrons while inside our theatres and foyers, including during the performance. Please bring your own mask.
As you move around the Opera House, practise physical distancing (1.5 metres whenever possible) and follow the guidance provided by our staff and signage.
Within venues, always take your allocated seat.
For detailed information about our COVID-19 safety measures and what’s required of you, please see our plan your visit page.
The Sydney Opera House no longer requires patrons to show that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Face masks are strongly recommended for all patrons while inside our theatres and foyers, including during the performance. Please bring your own mask.
Contact information is required when making a booking with us and upon arrival at the Opera House, as set out in our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Attendance at Events and our Customer Privacy Statement.
As the ticket purchaser, you are responsible for recording the contact details of your guests. Contact information will only be used for the purposes of contact tracing, if required, and will be deleted at least 28 days after your event.
Frequently asked questions
Ticket purchases and collection at our Box Office is discouraged and eTicket or postal delivery methods should be used, wherever possible. However, if you are collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts. If you have already received your tickets, the venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Please take your seats as soon as you arrive.
If you are late, we will seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat. Please be aware that some events have lock-out periods. In these cases, latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. On occasions, this may not be until the interval, or at all where there is no interval.
Details of our right to refuse admission can be found in our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Events.
In accordance with our venue security procedures, Opera House security will be scanning and checking bags under the Monumental Stairs, prior to entering the building. Bags will be scanned by an x-ray machine, and staff will wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling your belongings, such as gloves. Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 60 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. However it is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly to minimise contact and queuing. Any bags larger than an A4 piece of paper will need to be checked into the Cloak Room.
The authorised agency for this event is the Sydney Opera House.
Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered reliable. If you purchase tickets from a non-authorised agency such as Ticketmaster Resale, Viagogo, Ticketbis, eBay, Gumtree, Tickets Australia or any other unauthorised seller, you risk that these tickets are fake, void or have previously been cancelled. RESALE RESTRICTION APPLIES. For more details, please refer to our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Attendance at Events.
Please contact Box Office on 9250 7777 as soon as possible to advise if you can no longer attend. If you can no longer attend because you are unwell, or have been in contact with someone displaying COVID-19 symptoms, the Opera House has introduced flexible ticketing options to help you, find out more information here.
Foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
The venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
Please bring a credit or debit card for any on site purchases to enable contactless payment. You’re welcome to bring your own water bottle but no other food and drinks are permitted inside our venues. Opera Bar, Opera Kitchen and Portside are also available for you to enjoy.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House will become a smoke-free site from Saturday 1 January 2022.
By becoming a smoke-free site, the Opera House seeks to reduce exposure to harmful second-hand smoke, as well as minimise the impact of smoking on the environment, including litter and pollution of the surrounding marine environment.

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